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‘Karzai can’t tell US masters what to do’
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An analyst tells Press TV that NATO overlooks Afghan president's calls for the US Special Forces pullout from Wardak and Logar provinces and the handover of the Bagram prison to Afghan forces. Villagers in Afghanist...
Leaked Audio of Bradley Manning reading his Plea Statement, 02/28/2013
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Audio recording of Bradley Manning reading his statement to the Providence Inquiry, in which he admits to leaking documents to WikiLeaks and describes his motives. Audio leaked by Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Afghans sceptical of Kandahar massacre trial
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A year has passed since the American soldier Robert Bales allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians, including women and children. Bales faces the death penalty if he is found guilty at a US military trial expected later...
Afganistán: Karzai acusa a EE.UU. y talibanes de cooperar y fomentar miedo en pais
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El presidente de Afganistán, Hamid Karzai, ha acusado a EE.UU. de estar confabulado con el grupo terrorista talibán a fin de fomentar el miedo entre la población. El mandatario señaló que ambas partes intentan ...
Afghan Police firing indiscriminately in Helmand
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Ben Anderson spent five weeks with US Marines working to advise Afghan security forces in Sangin, the most violent district in Helmand province. While he was...
Varios muertos en una explosión frente al Ministerio de Defensa afgano en Kabul
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Una fuerte explosión ha ocurrido en Kabul, Afganistán, frente al Ministerio de Defensa, según informó la agencia Reuters. La explosión ha causado al menos nueve vÃctimas mortales y vainte heridos, pero ninguno...
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lashed out publicly at foreign countries for what he calls attempting to undermine the government in Afghanistan. Karzai has also admitted that the US-led campaign to restore peace ...
Australia debates troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Australia has been withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan since January this year in an attempt to leave security in the hands of the Afghan National Army. However an increase of insurgent attacks in the war-torn h...
Inside Story Americas – Expelling the American frenemy
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Will Afghan claims of misconduct by US special forces strangle the fraught relationship between Kabul and Washington? Kimberly Halkett is joined by guests: Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO; Masood Aziz ,a...
Afghan anger at America
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Karzai has made it very clear that he's taking politically a lot of heat for the actions that have been taken by the Special Forces particularly where there is evidence that they may have overstepped their bounds an...
‘US resort to terror, stopped trying to win hearts & minds of Afghan people’
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The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered US special forces to leave the key battleground province of Wardak. Troops there were accused of torture and the murder of civilians. RT talks to Brian Becker of the ant...
Afghan refugees seek work in Iran
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Iran hosts the second largest number of Afghan refugees in the world -- after Pakistan. The country has spent many years and billions of dollars trying to drive out the Taliban and trying to rebuild Afghanistan, so ...
Karzai: Afghan forces banned from calling NATO air strikes
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The Afghan president says he will ban the army from calling in foreign forces to conduct air strikes on residential areas. Hamid Karzai announced his decision after a NATO aerial attack killed 10 civilians in northe...
US casualties in Afghan war rise during summer
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Despite efforts for a US troop draw-down in Afghanistan, soldiers faced their deadliest month of the year in July with 40 killed from combat. The Department of Defense released the revealing tally this week as the US ...
Exposed: ‘Auschwitz-like’ US death camp hospital in Kabul
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Senior US military officers blew the whistle on horrific conditions at the National Military Hospital in Kabul. They revealed some graphic images, showing severely neglected, starving patients at the hospital, which t...
‘Koran burning US worst PR disaster in Afghan stand’
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Seven people have been killed and dozens injured in protests over the burning of the Koran by US troops at an airbase in Afghanistan. An officer has apologized for the inadvertent burning. Yet some are saying apologie...
Koran protests video: Violent clashes intensify in Afghanistan, Pakistan
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At least 24 people across Afghanistan have died since Wednesday in the protests, including two American soldiers. American apologies about the desecration of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces at Bagram Air Base are ...
Inside Story Americas – The growing divide between occupier and occupied
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After a week of protests and bloodshed over Quran burning in Afghanistan, we ask if the fragile relationship between Washington and Kabul is unraveling. Joining the discussion are: Paul Eaton, Christine Fair and Mark ...